Preview the selection by reading the Prereading page carefully, examining the title, and looking at the art on page 570. Using the information you have gathered, make one or more preliminary predictions about the selection.
1. Listen as your teacher reads the first three paragraphs aloud. Did anything in the opening paragraphs fit your preliminary prediction? Did anything make you change your ideas? Think about what you know about the main character and setting at this point in the story. What do you think will happen next? Write down your new predictions in your notebook.
2. Read the rest of the story on your own. Stop occasionally to assess your predictions, to make new predictions, and to write them in your notebook.
This story is set in Montreal, a French- and English-speaking city. The story contains several French phrases. Use the footnotes in the story to understand these words and phrases. Footnotes will also unlock some English terms that may be unfamiliar to you. Preview the footnotes before you read the selection. Refer back to them as necessary while you read.
Were you able to predict the ending of the story? How was it foreshadowed? Share your predictions with a partner. Talk about what clues in the story led you to make the predictions.